Among the books about autism at the public library in our town are this, this, and this—I’ve put in requests for a few other things.
To be very honest, we rarely visit our library. While there’s no lack for books of every sort at our house, Charlie’s not a reader. I was interested to read about a program called Project Inclusion, which is described in the November 26th Wausau Daily Herald (Wisconsin):
Project Inclusion’s overall goal is for the participating libraries to “take a proactive stance to address the literacy needs of children with disabilities and to make libraries meaningful and welcoming …read more

“An Amerian medical guru.”
That’s how today’s Scotsman describes Raun Kaufman, the director of the Autism Treatment Centre of America. Raun Kaufman was cured of autism through the “Son-Rise” method, according to a book by his parents, BarryNeil Kaufman and Samahria Lyte Kaufman. The Scotsman quotes a number of autism experts who express something more than doubt about Kaufman:
Carol Povey, head of adult services with the National Autistic Society, said: “I have spoken to Raun Kaufman and told him there is no cure for autism. To claim otherwise is to mislead families who are extremely vulnerable.”
Dr Katie Cebula, of Edinburgh …read more